22 min
Laila El-Haddad and Saeed Taji
Documentary
2007 - Palestine
North American Premiere
When Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula in 1982, they built a wall along the Gaza border with Egypt, splitting the city of Rafah into two. Families found themselves divided by a high-security international border. Frequent border closures by the Israelis further isolated the Gaza Strip and Palestinian trade soon went underground. Since then, dozens of secret tunnels have been burrowed below the Israeli border fence. Everything moves through the tunnels of Rafah - from cigarettes and medicine to cash and people. But the residents have also suffered enormously as Israeli operations to destroy the tunnels have demolished thousands of homes.
Screened with Chic Point & Gaza: Another Kind of Tears